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Message from Andrea

Hello Everyone! Wonderful to have you with us. This month we talk to: Stephanie White, expat and founder of a million-dollar beauty business; Lauren and Lee Gonzalez, sisters who moved to Spain to open an innovative hostel chain; and Suzanne Kamata, author of a new global anthology about multicultural mothering.

Thanks go to: Tina Quick, for her new article about strategies for supporting internationally-mobile families; Anthony Noto, for his new article about what questions to ask before you sign up to an offshore savings plan; and our Expat Women Girlfriend, for her answer to the confession Empty Nest.

Finally, congratulations go to the Alabang Ladies International Group in Manila, The Philippines, for winning our 'Win US$1000 For Your Club/Association Or International School' competition.

Thank you very much to everyone who supported our competition and best wishes for May!

Andrea

Success Story

Business Idea

Stephanie White
Become

For 25 years, Stephanie White had been a top international marketing and branding executive, working in Australia, London, Paris, New York and Los Angeles. Now Stephanie runs her own million-dollar business...

Somnio Hostels
Lauren & Lee Gonzalez

Join us as we talk to Lauren and Lee Gonzalez, who are creating an upscale hostel chain in Barcelona, Spain. Learn from their experience as they share their five tips for budding entrepreneurs starting their businesses abroad...

Tell Us your inspiring story!

Mothers

Expat Confession

Call Me Okaasan: Adventures in Multicultural Mothering
A Global Anthology

Suzanne Kamata

Raising children is never easy, but raising them abroad presents a whole realm of new opportunities and challenges. We talk to Suzanne Kamata about her new book featuring stories from women around the world...

Empty Nest
Expat Women Girlfriend

I started the expat circuit a little later in life at 52. We have four children who have been my pride, joy and focus for the past 30 years. When we decided to move to Portugal we organised for the kids to board at their university and they seem quite happy about it - it is me that is struggling...

This Confession can now be found (improved and expanded) in our book: Expat Women: Confessions – 50 Answers To Your Real-Life Questions about Living Abroad.

Family Support

Offshore Savings

Low Cost, High Impact

Strategies for Supporting

Internationally Mobile Families

Tina Quick

More and more organizations acknowledge that they need to support their internationally mobile families better, but imagine that doing so requires a much larger budget than what they have available. This is not always true...

The Real Cost Of An Offshore Pension Plan
Anthony Noto, CFA

The phone rings, and it's someone you don't know claiming they can help improve your financial situation as an expatriat. As you wonder how they got your name and number, they ask you to schedule a meeting with one of their advisors.

Winning Story

Lawyers Abroad

China, Here I Come

"Can you be in China by the 3rd of Jan 2003?" It was the 3rd of Dec. I could not believe it was this easy, but I moved into high gear and got organised. It was not until I received the visa application that I truly believed and told my family and friends. With my credit card I bought a one-way ticket to Shanghai…”

Congratulations Jeanie!

(A New Zealander in China)

Even before the recent economic downturn caused many law firms to shift their attention to overseas markets, lawyers had several avenues for international opportunities...